Got my poly 800II new back then as well. I loved the strings then and that was the selling point for me. Then it sat for more than a few years until I got into techno and revealed itself to me all over again. I got the knob mod and it's been bliss ever since. Goes great with my other toys, tr909, sh101(red), juno106, 777 and nord lead.
Life is acid.
Enjoy.
Peter Bovadikov, Jr. CISSP
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Nice one Shep !
Enjoy your new Poly :-)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:26 PM
Subject: [korgpolyex] New fella
Hey everyone,
Just saying hi. I'm a big fan of the Poly-800. I bought my first one back in 1985 ($890!!!)
at Steve's Music in Ottawa, and I well remember seeing a stack of about 20 of them in
boxes in the showroom. They were selling like hotcakes.
Back in the day, I had a tough time choosing between the Poly-800 and the Juno 106. A
buddy of mine had the Juno (and a JX3P) and there was just something about the 800
which beat them both. I eventually had three (!) in my setup, along with a Yamaha DX-27
and two Akai S-612 rack-mounted samplers. Played in a pop band then, and the set up
sounded great!
I'm getting back in to playing again (with my old band no less!) and I have a Korg
Wavestation, and I just got a Poly-800 off ebay. Can't wait to get that thing humming
again. I loved programming it, and I really appreciated that it was an instrument that you
could know intimately, despite its limitations. I crafted some killer strings, pads and lead
patches, and I wrote down all the parameter info back in the day. When my Poly arrives, I'll
doublecheck the patches and post some.
Anyway, nice to see a list dedicated to this warhorse. I know for many a big-haired, eye-
shadowed player back in the 80s, this was the board they learned on.
Shep